Southall Travel Makes to Sunday Times Top Track 250 Again

Southall Travel Makes to Sunday Times Top Track 250 Again
London, 9 November 2011 – Southall Travel celebrates another landmark achievement
by making it to the renowned Sunday Times Top Track 250 league table of Britain's
leading mid-market private companies with the biggest sales. The 7th Annual Sunday
Times HSBC Top Track 250 awards dinner was held on the 13th October at the Jumeirah
Carlton Tower Hotel in London.
The dinner was attended by owners and directors of country’s leading mid-market private
companies including Aston Martin, Bet365, Center Parcs, Pret A Manger, Berry
Brothers, Graff Diamonds, Republic and Warburtons. Mr. Jaymin Borkhatria, Director of
Sales, Southall Travel represented the company at the event and collected the award.
Ian Henley, head of Corporate and Structured Banking at HSBC (title sponsor of the
league table), and Mo Merali, partner and head of private equity at Grant Thornton
(league table sponsor for the
second time) welcomed the guests
at the gala occasion.
Southall Travel has made it to
the influential list for the second
consecutive year. It ranked 141
in the list, up from 148 last year
with sales of £243 million for the
year ending March 2011,
compared to £203 million the
previous year.
Southall Travel is one of the ten
companies from the travel and tourism sector that found a place in this year’s Sunday
Times Top Track 250. Gatwick Airport, Center Parcs, Lotus Group, Travelodge and
Holiday Extras are some other travel-related businesses that are awarded a listing in the
prestigious league.
Southall Travel’s Managing Director Kuljinder Bahia expressed his delight on the
development and emphasized on the company’s strong relationship with its suppliers as
well as clients.
Mr. Bahia said, “I’m extremely proud to be one of the very few travel agents to make the
list and it is a great accolade for us. I’m thankful for our strong relationship with our
suppliers and to our customers, many of whom book with us time and time again.”
“The economy means trading continues to be difficult for the whole industry but we have
a talented team in place and we continue to invest in new technology, broadening our
product range and call centre productivity.”
The companies on the Top Track 250 league table account for 5% of UK GDP.
Notes to Editors
Southall Travel is one of the leading travel agencies in the UK and serves thousands of
travellers every day. The company is renowned to churn out some of the best deals in
terms of flights and hotel packages to world wide destinations with high degree of
expertise in holiday packages and cheap flights to India, Indian Ocean, Far-East and
Middle East destinations. Southall Travel also operates a wholesale division, The Holiday
Team and a corporate division, Applehouse Travel.
Southall Travel’s efficient and a highly user friendly website, www.southalltravel.co.uk
is an important segment of the company’s business. The ‘verisign secured’ and
‘securitymetrics’ certified website is highly popular among holidaymakers and is visited
by hordes of travellers every day assisting them in their quest for cheap flights and hotel
bookings. Travellers can also find a great deal of relevant and valuable air travel
information on the portal. Southall Travel is certified by ABTA, IATA and ATOL, and
enjoys great credibility and popularity.
Contact Information
Contact Person: Edi
Address:
SOUTHALL TRAVEL LIMITED
Palmoak House, 19 South Road
Southall, Middlesex, UB1 1SU, England
Ph: +44 020 8574 8410
Fax: +44 020 8813 8418
Email: media@southalltravel.co.uk